CROM - New Album Out This Month; Details Available
November 20, 2011, 12 years ago
Of Love and Death, the second full-length album from German epic metallers CROM is set for release on Pure Steel Records on the 25th November. Formed in 1997 by former DARK FORTRESS guitarist Walter “Crom” Grosse, the new album will be Crom’s sixth release and a follow up to 2008’s Vengeance. Produced by Grosse himself, and engineered by Victor Bullok at the latter’s At The Crypt Studios, the line up on the album comprises Crom on vocals, guitars, bass and choirs, Seraph (Dark Fortress, NONEUCLID, REVAMP) on drums and V. Santura (Dark Fortress, TRIPTYKON, ex-CELTIC FROST) on additional guitars and choirs. Artwork for the album is once again by the noted artist Kris Verwimp, an old friend and collaborator of Grosse’s. Long-time Crom fans may recognise two tracks on the new album. 'My Destiny' first appeared on the now much sought-after 2004 Demo, while 'The Fallen Beauty' featured on the EP of the same name, but both have been re-recorded for Of Love and Death.
Tracklisting on Of Love And Death as follows:
'Reason to Live'
'Lifetime - The Fallen Beauty Part II'
'Just One Blink'
'The Oceans Wide'
'My Song For All The Broken Hearts'
'My Destiny'
'This Dying World'
'Eternal Dreaming'
'The Fallen Beauty 2010' (Bonus Track)
“Vengeance was the album that really defined Crom’s sound in terms of melody and vocals,” explained Grosse, “and I was always drawn to the subject of the doomed hero fighting battles he knows he can’t win. The music side of both albums was, in fact, recorded at the same time, but the songs on “Vengeance” were chosen to reflect the warrior’s point of view, whilst the ones that I wanted to include on Of Love and Death were the ones that we could all relate to on a day to day level. I appreciate that fans see Crom as synonymous with the fantasy warrior aspects, and that Of Love and Death might come as a bit of a surprise. Maybe we should look at is as the 'calm before the storm' of the next album.”
The SoundCloud player below contains 'Reason To Live' from Of Love And Death as well as a medley made up of tracks from the album, together with tracks from Vengeance.
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